29 Month Supply of Condos in Orlando is Nothing Compared to Miami
Posted on August 31, 2007 - Filed Under Real Estate | Leave a Comment
The Orlando Sentinel recently reported there is a 29 month supply of condos available with 4,400 condos for sale in the Orlando area. I was not surprised when I read the Orlando Sentinel article this past weekend as downtown is exploding with condo towers that appear empty at night. Then reading that Miami has over 48,000 condos […]
Read More..>>Buying Medical Procedures On Credit
Posted on August 30, 2007 - Filed Under Credit Cards, Unexpected Expenses | 2 Comments
Medical expenses can be one of the biggest unexpected expenses out there. Often times they come at the worst times and need to be completed out of shear necessity. Other times they are cosmetic procedures that people feel are necessary and will improve their general well being. Whatever the case is the majority of medical […]
Read More..>>How Much Risk Tolerance Can You Handle?
Posted on August 29, 2007 - Filed Under Financial Planning, Bonds, Investing, Stocks | 1 Comment
A certain amount of risk tolerance in personal finance is necessary. You would have far less if you invested your retirement fund in a savings account earning four percent interest for thirty years as opposed to a Fortune 500 index fund earning a conservative average of eight percent. We have all seen the graphs depicting the […]
Read More..>>If It’s Broke, Fix It!
Posted on August 27, 2007 - Filed Under Credit Cards, Credit Repair, Credit History, Financial Planning | Leave a Comment
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Let’s talk for a moment about money, your money. Always a popular subject, right? Or is it? Are the two of you getting along, or do you see so little of your money anymore that you barely recognize it? If that’s the case, you’re […]
CNN: Americans Working Too Much And Too Little?
Posted on August 25, 2007 - Filed Under Extra, Income | Leave a Comment
CNN kills me sometimes with publishing contradictory reports just for the sake of getting news out there. Here are the two articles I found both supporting an opposing viewpoint:
Should America be France: Do Americans work too much?
Are Americans too lazy?
I have read a ton of articles that claim Americans work too much, take too little […]
Read More..>>The Onion Invests In Hedge Funds
Posted on August 24, 2007 - Filed Under Extra, Investing | 1 Comment
The Onion tackles the mystery of investing in hedge funds in a recent article. Amusing and humorous, while in true Onion fashion the article has a significant amount of truth behind the message (ie…understand what you are investing in).
Read More..>>Financial Mistakes I Have Committed
Posted on August 23, 2007 - Filed Under Debt, Financial Planning, Spending | 2 Comments
Everybody has made financial mistakes. Personal finance is a complex and broad subject matter with countless variables and decisions. I found it interesting reading interviews with some of the top personal finance authors and hearing their financial mistakes. Liz Pulliam Weston talks about carrying a credit card balance as well as holding onto underperforming, high expense mutual funds. Suze Orman states […]
Read More..>>Upgrading Your Home: Want vs. Need
Posted on August 22, 2007 - Filed Under Real Estate, Loans, Home Savings, Relationships and Money, Financial Planning, Spending | 5 Comments
How do you know when it is time to upgrade your house? The average length of time spent in a home seems to have decreased over the years. I know very few people my age that do not move a few times before settling down, along the way buying and selling a couple of homes. […]
Read More..>>Festival of Frugality: 88th Edition
Posted on August 21, 2007 - Filed Under Festival of Frugality | 2 Comments
The Happy Rock is hosting the 88th Festival of Frugality - About Me Edition. There are some great posts submitted this time and some of the highlights I found were:
12 Things I Will Never Spend A Dime On. Interesting list and I definitely agree with the majority of them. Although I use an electric toothbrush […]
Read More..>>HOWTO: Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) Deconstructed
Posted on August 20, 2007 - Filed Under Insurance, Unexpected Expenses, Saving, Spending | 6 Comments
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) have been something I never fully understood. They seemed complex, cumbersome, and although a good idea, were executed poorly. Over the years FSAs have become simpler and more convenient, allowing the user to have real savings without all the hassle. There are two types of FSAs: health care and dependent care. Health […]
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